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10 P.M. (NBC) ELIZABETH’S STORY: A MEREDITH VIEIRA SPECIAL Ms. Vieira interviews Elizabeth Smart, who, at the age of 14 in 2002, was kidnapped from the bedroom of her Salt Lake City home by Brian David Mitchell, a religious zealot, and his wife, Wanda Barzee, and subsequently chained up, dressed in disguise and raped before being rescued nine months later. Ms. Smart, left, who established the Elizabeth Smart Foundation to help prevent crimes against children, will discuss life with her captors as told in her memoir, “My Story,” to be released on Monday.

10 A.M. (Showtime) LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (2004) Jim Carrey, in disguises that won an Oscar for best makeup, plays the dastardly Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing to steal the inheritance of the enterprising orphans Klaus (Liam Aiken), Violet (Emily Browning) and baby Sunny (Kara and Shelby Hoffman, one of whom is above, at left, with Mr. Aiken and Ms. Browning) in this adaptation of Daniel Handler’s books, directed by Brad Silberling. The extensive supporting cast includes Meryl Streep, Billy Connolly, Craig Ferguson and Jennifer Coolidge. Jude Law lends his voice to Lemony Snicket. “Mr. Silberling has made a movie that’s far rougher in texture and tone than Mr. Handler’s books,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times. “But while he doesn’t have the author’s sense of whimsy (or irony) he manages to construct a pleasantly watchable entertainment in all the spaces in the story not laid siege to by Mr. Carrey.”

10:30 A.M. (CUNY) INVITATION TO WORLD LITERATURE David Damrosch, a professor of comparative literature at Harvard, introduces “The Bhagavad Gita,” the ancient tale of the warrior prince Arjuna from the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata, written in Sanskrit. The speakers include Sheldon Pollock, a professor of South Asian studies at Columbia; the composers Philip Glass and Douglas Cuomo; Vishakha Desai, a former president of Asia Society; and Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, a Hindu monk.

8 P.M. (CBS) UNDERCOVER BOSS Steven Newman, the chief executive of Loehmann’s, the discount clothing chain, dons a disguise to infiltrate his company’s distribution center, work as a visual merchandiser and personal shopper, and tend to the lingerie department.

8 P.M. (Fox) MASTERCHEF JUNIOR The top 12 young home cooks must create an impressive dish using only the mystery-box ingredients. Later, the judges — Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot — challenge the children to make a restaurant-worthy burger in an hour.

9 P.M. (13) THE HOLLOW CROWN Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston, below, headline as King Henry and Prince Hal in “Henry IV, Part 2,” the third installment in this four-part Shakespeare series on “Great Performances.” Simon Russell Beale (Falstaff), Alun Armstrong (Northumberland), Geoffrey Palmer (Lord Chief Justice) and Maxine Peake (Doll Tearsheet) also star, and Richard Eyre directs. “First, let’s get this caveat out of the way: Nothing beats a stage performance of a Shakespeare play if the cast is first-rate and the direction insightful,” Neil Genzlinger wrote in The Times. “That said, a television (or film) treatment can be helpful, especially for the uninitiated.” He added: “There are bloody moments in ‘The Hollow Crown,’ but not gratuitously so. These are high-stakes plays, and graphically rendered deaths underscore that in a way that a stage production can’t.”

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10 P.M. (Discovery) NFL IN SEASON: STEELERS VS. VIKINGS This two-part special follows the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars as they prepare for regular-season games at Wembley Stadium in London as part of the N.F.L. International Series. In this episode, the Vikings face the Steelers in a game that was played on Sunday.

10 P.M. (TLC) WHAT NOT TO WEAR Stacy London and Clinton Kelly help Jennifer, an animal rescuer whose pets wear better outfits than she does.

10 P.M. (CMT) CASSADEE POPE: FRAME BY FRAME Ms. Pope, the Season 3 winner of “The Voice,” pursues her country career in this new series: releasing her first single and solo music video, performing at the CMT Music Awards and opening for Rascal Flatts on its tour with the Band Perry. Her debut album, “Frame by Frame,” will be released on Tuesday.